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   user-343246 | Feb 25, 2005 07:41pm | #1

   Go to http://www.vintagesaws.com for a great primer on how to sharpen your saw.  It's really not all that hard to do, and it can be quite rewarding.

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   tms | Feb 25, 2005 08:10pm | #2

   My grandfather taught me how to sharpen a handsaw many years ago, using his saws. They're now my saws, and I could never let anyone else put a file to them. It's the easiest tool in the shop to sharpen, once you know how.And it is rewarding, in more ways than one. Every time I sharpen one and go back to work, I think, "Why didn't I do this sooner?"Tom

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   RickW | Feb 26, 2005 12:22am | #3

   It could have been Cooke's Sharpening and Grinding http://www.cookessharpening.com/.
   If it was a reference to Tom Law, he has retired from saw sharpening.
   I do agree with the two posters above: learn to file them yourself.It does take practice, but it's worth learning.
   Hope this helps.
   Rick W.

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   tinkertom | Feb 26, 2005 04:15pm | #4

   Rick:  thanks, that was the webb site I was looking for.  I will get some saws sharpened there.  Yes, I could learn to sharpen them myself, and someday, I may.  Meanwhile, I am making Windsor chairs, with a lot of spindles to whittle which means keeping several cutting tools in near perfect shape.  And I have about 20 otherwise excellent Stanley planes to be reconditioned.  My user planes are in top flight shape and I can make a cutter so sharp it it will take the hair off a wet dog, and not wake up the dog.  Plus several jigs to make and a couple of chair making tools that can be made for far less than buying them costs and then there are all the house hold projects and picture frames. . . get the picture?  I have to farm something out.  Besides at my age I am more interested in accomplishing something than  learning a new skill.  Anyway, you showed me to the way to the webb site and some good help.Thanks.   Tom Russell

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   Tao | Feb 26, 2005 06:59pm | #5

   One other thought for your consideration:  Once you learn how, and your saws are in shape, you can sharpen a saw in less time than it takes to send one out for sharpening.

   Michael R

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   jazzdogg | Feb 26, 2005 09:20pm | #6

   Tom,

   You won't be disappointed if you buy Tom Law's video "Hand Saw Sharpening."

   -Jazzdogg-

   Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.